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A View to a Kill was the best in my opinon.
What is the best James Bond movie you ever saw?!
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Ah, only the official James Bond movies are listed in the poll. What about the two other unofficial 007 flicks? One was released by Sony and one by Warner Bros. Sean Connery also starred in one of these movies, Never Say Never Again which was a remake of Thunderball.
Never Say Never Again (Thunderball remake)
Movie Facts:
This "Bond film" was not part of the franchise produced by MGM and Danjaq. Kevin McClory, who was producer and co-writer of Thunderball (1965), won a legal battle against Ian Fleming to make his own Bond movie. The settlement stipulated that it had to effectively be a remake of Thunderball.
A stunt involving a horse jumping off a cliff caused controversy among animal rights activists. As a result, it became standard practice for movies to include a disclaimer (when applicable) indicating that animals were not mistreated during production.
This Warner Brothers film was intended to go head-to-head with the official Eon Bond series film Octopussy (1983) at the box office. Never Say Never Again was released just 4 months after Octopussy. Because the films starred Roger Moore and Sean Connery, each equally recognized to the movie going public as James Bond at the time, much of the talk in the press was of a "Bond vs. Bond" showdown at the box office. Most industry analysts predicted that Never Say Never Again would win out at the box office due to the return of Connery, more press, and a significantly larger production budget than Octopussy. According to a press release from Variety in 1985 this was not the case. Variety quoted figures from MGM and Warner Brothers that listed Octopussy's US gross at $67.9 million and Never Say Never Again's US gross at $55.4 million. It also listed Octopussy's worldwide gross at $187.5 million, and Never Say Never Again's worldwide gross at $160 million. The article also stated that according to the studios, Octopussy had $34.031 million in US rentals, while Never Say Never Again had $28.2 million in US rentals. When the final results were in Never Say Never Again and Sean Connery ended up losing the much discussed "Bond vs. Bond" showdown.
MGM bought complete ownership of the movie in December of 1997 from Taliafilm Inc. for $15 million.
Casino Royale (Spy Spoof)
Movie Facts:
Peter Sellers and Orson Welles hated each other so much that the filming of the scene where both of them face each other across a gaming table actually took place on different days with a double standing in for one the actors.
Casino Royale was 'Fleming, Ian' 's first James Bond novel. It was the only one not sold to Eon Productions. As a result, CBS TV first adapted it for an episode of Climax! in 1954, starring Barry Nelson as CIA agent Jimmy Bond. When plans began to adapt the novel as a motion picture, the original thought was to do a straight film of the novel. But with the success of Sean Connery's Bond, it was decided the only way a rival Bond film could survive would be as a parody. The Peter Sellers sequence is the only part of Ian Fleming's novel to make it into the film. The confrontation with Le Chiffre in the casino, the plan to discredit Le Chiffre with SMERSH and the villain's execution by enemy agents are all in the novel. So is the notion of Bond writing a book on baccarat, and the element of Vesper being an enemy spy. Reportedly, Eon Productions has been trying to buy back the rights to Casino Royale for years, in hopes of someday making a serious Bond film out of the novel. In 2005, it became official: Eon Productions will make "Casino Royale" their 21st official Bond film for release in November 2006.
In 1999 Sony paid MGM $5 million to settle the $40 million lawsuit that MGM had brought against Sony over the Bond rights. The lawsuit was filed because of Sony's intentions to remake Casino Royale. In the settlement Sony agreed to hand over all of its rights to the Bond character and Casino Royale.
In 1999 MGM paid Sony $10 million for the rights to this film.
The scenes with Woody Allen were shot in London. Producers delayed his final day of shooting so many times, out of frustration Allen left the set, went directly to Heathrow Airport and flew back to New York City without changing out of his costume.
SOURCE: IMDB.com
Never Say Never Again (Thunderball remake)
Movie Facts:
This "Bond film" was not part of the franchise produced by MGM and Danjaq. Kevin McClory, who was producer and co-writer of Thunderball (1965), won a legal battle against Ian Fleming to make his own Bond movie. The settlement stipulated that it had to effectively be a remake of Thunderball.
A stunt involving a horse jumping off a cliff caused controversy among animal rights activists. As a result, it became standard practice for movies to include a disclaimer (when applicable) indicating that animals were not mistreated during production.
This Warner Brothers film was intended to go head-to-head with the official Eon Bond series film Octopussy (1983) at the box office. Never Say Never Again was released just 4 months after Octopussy. Because the films starred Roger Moore and Sean Connery, each equally recognized to the movie going public as James Bond at the time, much of the talk in the press was of a "Bond vs. Bond" showdown at the box office. Most industry analysts predicted that Never Say Never Again would win out at the box office due to the return of Connery, more press, and a significantly larger production budget than Octopussy. According to a press release from Variety in 1985 this was not the case. Variety quoted figures from MGM and Warner Brothers that listed Octopussy's US gross at $67.9 million and Never Say Never Again's US gross at $55.4 million. It also listed Octopussy's worldwide gross at $187.5 million, and Never Say Never Again's worldwide gross at $160 million. The article also stated that according to the studios, Octopussy had $34.031 million in US rentals, while Never Say Never Again had $28.2 million in US rentals. When the final results were in Never Say Never Again and Sean Connery ended up losing the much discussed "Bond vs. Bond" showdown.
MGM bought complete ownership of the movie in December of 1997 from Taliafilm Inc. for $15 million.
Casino Royale (Spy Spoof)
Movie Facts:
Peter Sellers and Orson Welles hated each other so much that the filming of the scene where both of them face each other across a gaming table actually took place on different days with a double standing in for one the actors.
Casino Royale was 'Fleming, Ian' 's first James Bond novel. It was the only one not sold to Eon Productions. As a result, CBS TV first adapted it for an episode of Climax! in 1954, starring Barry Nelson as CIA agent Jimmy Bond. When plans began to adapt the novel as a motion picture, the original thought was to do a straight film of the novel. But with the success of Sean Connery's Bond, it was decided the only way a rival Bond film could survive would be as a parody. The Peter Sellers sequence is the only part of Ian Fleming's novel to make it into the film. The confrontation with Le Chiffre in the casino, the plan to discredit Le Chiffre with SMERSH and the villain's execution by enemy agents are all in the novel. So is the notion of Bond writing a book on baccarat, and the element of Vesper being an enemy spy. Reportedly, Eon Productions has been trying to buy back the rights to Casino Royale for years, in hopes of someday making a serious Bond film out of the novel. In 2005, it became official: Eon Productions will make "Casino Royale" their 21st official Bond film for release in November 2006.
In 1999 Sony paid MGM $5 million to settle the $40 million lawsuit that MGM had brought against Sony over the Bond rights. The lawsuit was filed because of Sony's intentions to remake Casino Royale. In the settlement Sony agreed to hand over all of its rights to the Bond character and Casino Royale.
In 1999 MGM paid Sony $10 million for the rights to this film.
The scenes with Woody Allen were shot in London. Producers delayed his final day of shooting so many times, out of frustration Allen left the set, went directly to Heathrow Airport and flew back to New York City without changing out of his costume.
SOURCE: IMDB.com
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I vote ALL....
I can't pick which one.
I can't pick which one.